Ace: Angels of Hellfire MC Series Book 1 (Dark Romance) by Harley Diamond

Author:Harley Diamond [Diamond, Harley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: House of Books Press
Published: 2022-08-25T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

JAINE

Rising Police Department

The nineteen-year-old boy I knew is gone. I mean, what the fuck did I expect? It’s been nine years. Well, I guess he’s still in there somewhere. Underneath the exterior of what is now a fully grown hot-as-fuck man. Padraig’s tall. Both his long legs and slim hips are flattered by the snug dark blue jeans he’s wearing. A fitted white short-sleeved Henley covers his jacketless upper body, displaying the plethora of ink he’s gotten over the years and emphasizing the fact that he’s worked out.

A lot.

His once short black hair is now shoulder-length and wavy. Familiar eyes of piercing blue illuminate his face as he looks down at me. They always did sparkle most when he was wearing a smile. Precisely what he’s doing now. He’s fucking beaming.

Stubble caresses his jaw. Does he wear it like that all the time these days, or is it because he’s been traveling? He suits it.

He’s striking.

Fucking beautiful, in fact.

Even more so than before, which I never thought possible.

I’m conscious and well aware that I’m staring.

“Cat got your tongue, Jaine?” The deep, laughing voice of the boy from my youth fills the room. The familiar Irish lilt now comes from the mouth of the unfamiliar man standing in front of me. He smirks. The asshole knows he looks good. That much is obvious.

He always was a cocky fucker.

“Sorry, Jaine. I should have explained. When we picked up Steele, he had his Irish friend with him. I’m assuming you two know each other.” Simons looks between us both.

“I’ve never seen this asshole before in my life, Detective,” I reply dryly, my eyes never leaving Padraig’s.

“Ah, I see you’ve never lost any of your wonderful charm or sense of humor, Jaine.” His smile widens, and I feel the corners of my mouth twitch upward in response.

“Well, the big man upstairs saw fit to provide me with an abundance of both, Irish, which is more than can be said for your good self.”

“Ouch.” He clutches his hand to his chest dramatically, like I’ve wounded him in the heart. “I see that barbed tongue of yours has also gotten sharper over the years.”

I roll my eyes at him, my mind flashing back to our earlier conversation concerning that piece of his anatomy and where the fuck he’s been sticking it lately. “Can you just stop with all the tongue comments, please?” I smirk and roll my eyes exaggeratedly.

He throws his head back, laughing heartily. “I’ll show you mine if you show me yours. What do you say?” he replies with all the cheek I remember so well.

“I say you’re an asshole, Padraig O’Connell.”

“I’ll be anything you want me to be, darlin’.”

“Somewhere else? Or if I can’t have that, can you come with a mute button?” I laugh as I shake my head.

“Let’s go. You two can play catch-up once we’re out of here. I’ve got a shit ton of stuff to be getting on with,” Ace butts in, the gruffness of his voice letting us know he’s beyond pissed off.

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